Sentence practice

Nous nous sommes levés à six heures.

/nu nu sɔm lə.vez‿a siz‿œʁ/

We got up at six.

A2neutral

The sentence, word by word

PatternSUBJ + REFL + être + PARTICIPLE(pl) + à + TIME

Nouswesubject
nousourselvesreflexive pronoun — points back to the subject
sommes levésone unitgot upverb
à six heuresone unitat sixtime — when

The verb — where it comes from

sommes levés←se leverGroup 1 · -er verbs
se lever → lev + é → levés
Mood
indicative
Tense
past (passé composé)
Person
first person plural (nous)
Auxiliary
être
With
Nous
A reflexive verb always takes être in the past, and the past participle agrees with the subject.
Full conjugation of «se lever»

Why it takes this form

levé + sBecame masculine plural because it refers to «Nous»only in writing

Notes on this sentence

sommes levésWith être, the participle agrees with the subject: nous → levés.
nousnous nous sommes — subject, reflexive pronoun, then être.

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